Do not pay any attention to them..You just go about your daily chores at work and make sure you prove to them that you are better than them...If it is a positive critism then it is good but if it is a negative one, just let it go...always give them your smiling face everyday cos that is what I always do to my male / female co-workers.......At the end of the day then we will see who is better, you / me or them!!

y'leeiii a hawaiaan wave which is my middle finger pointed upward would be an appropriate response but I would not even give them the time of the day......avoid them at all costs and give them a wide berth whenever u see them. All your reasoning would never satisfy their negativity and I always like to think that their small mindedness shows exactly what they will achieve in life and their bitching and moaning shows what losers they are!!!

The text above is talking about those who are causing divisions and offenses, and are doing things contrary to the teachings of the Good Book, the Word of God. In this case, the Gossipers are spreading/sharing untruths about “everything and anything” …… they are deceived and deluded, right?

What most people here are saying is what the Bible says …. Avoid them. But, how do we do that if we work at the same place?

The reason Paul is saying that we ought to avoid them is because avoiding them is part of the effort we take to keep ourselves from being deceived. We must especially avoid them in situations where they have the opportunity to influence our beliefs. That is also is true for Gossipers.

Now, if we should meet them on the street, a polite, social "hello" would be fine. Paul’s advice with regards to avoiding these “friendship destroyers” is that we should avoid getting into a conversation, argument, or discussion about doctrine, in this case whatever lies they talk about. We need to keep that away from ourselves because it is part of our effort to keep from being deceived. We should not let it even touch us, if we possibly can, because we are supposed to be keeping ourselves pure spiritually and physically. We especially do not want false ideas to get into our heads and begin doing their dangerous work.

They are only stoking their own desires. It is a symbol of a person doing something for his own gratification. They were deceiving to please themselves in some way. What they are gratifying in themselves could be anything.

At work, a couple of things you might do if one starts to gossip to you:

- Tell the person – you can tell the person you’re not comfortable about talking about the particular subject. For example if someone is telling you about the latest rumour that your department is about to undergo staff cuts, you can say , “it’s a rumour. I don’t want to think about that until I know it’s true. I can handle whatever happens. It’s not worth worrying about things that may never happen.” Or if someone starts talking about someone else, you can say, “Let’s wait to discuss that until Joe can be here in person.”

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.Gandhi

I know it and had faced those so many times because of my brown skin color and my mentality in speaking out and making decisions .I managed to overcome all those by proving to them that we are all humans but the TALENT that we have is different.We just have to keep on working hard and be positive and have faith in whatever we are doing.